Bear Grills

[Lee_D]

Who does he think he's kidding!

Everything is life or death... but theres always a dude there with a Camera managing to do everything he does.

Frogs and Grubs? Get a Grip.. oh look , what a shocker now he has a poorly tum. Everyone knows you're never more than 12 miles from the nearest Spar shop/  :lol:

[Drift]

Wanna nice drink of elephant poo

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6vlEavUH9ng

I think he deserves his sore tummy  :lol: :lol: :lol:

[carbore]

Im sure he is hard as nails and I thought the program he did about the French Foreign Legion was very good, mainly though because it showed lots of people who thought they were tough cracking up.

But "Born Survivor" does not interest me, its all about risks and if you are in a "survival situation" the last thing you need to do is run around like an idiot jumping into rivers and eating wasps. If you set Grills vs Mears Bear would be in hospital with fractures from his improvided kite surfing escape craft, where as good old Ray would be eating stew whilst listening to his carved wooden radio.

Best book I ever rad on survival is Eddie McGEe "No need to die" much more laid back than the guns and ammo nonsense.

[tack43]

Bear Grylls was in the TA SAS. I think that says it all!  :-$

[cardiff_gareth]

Bear Grylls was in the TA SAS. I think that says it all!  :-$

indeed true, then he broke his back and was unable to walk, made a full recovery and now does the born survivor programme :clap:

[littlepow]

Bear Grylls was in the TA SAS. I think that says it all!  :-$

Anything wrong with being in the TA?
If you think selection is easy in the TA SAS then why not have a go?
They still have to do the same tasks in the field as regulars, just with less training time available and full time jobs too!

[Sharpshooter]

Bear Grylls was in the TA SAS. I think that says it all!  :-$

indeed true, then he broke his back and was unable to walk, made a full recovery and now does the born survivor programme :clap:

Good for him, i say. He still entertains me on a weekly basis. :)

[tack43]

Bear Grylls was in the TA SAS. I think that says it all!  :-$

Anything wrong with being in the TA?
If you think selection is easy in the TA SAS then why not have a go?
They still have to do the same tasks in the field as regulars, just with less training time available and full time jobs too!

Having worked with SF both regular and TA I'm aware of the huge gap in training between the two. As said above by carbore, I'd rather watch Ray Mears for a factual programme on survival.  Bear is good for the "shock" entertainment factor if that's your thing. It's just not mine. Chris Ryan did a simular sort of thing a few years ago. Not seen him on TV recently, where as "Andy McNab" is popping up everywhere, showing the serious side of army and SF work.

[boss]

i much prefer bear grills to ray mears for several reasons...

no survival expert is that fat!
he wears those bloody shorts....you know what i mean
and he has a god damn film crew with him at all times, its like saying "i can survive in this wilderness....aslong as i have my trusty swiss army knife, a compass, my film crew, my film crews supply of tracker bars, my film crews supply of water, my film crews climbing equipment, my film crews boat , my film crews satalite phone, my film crews "magic ciggarettes", my film crews generator and PS3 with WI-FI connectivity and the 300 games they bring and of corse my my mosquito net"

its not ray mears extreme survival....its ray mears on an adventure holiday!

i saw bear grills pull a catfish out of the water with his bare hands! if mister mears did more of that fine, but he doesnt!...wuss! :lol:

if there was a fight between them grills would decend on mears like a ninja and smack the white off him!

check and mate!

[Bishops Finger]

err none of them are harder than Chuck Norris...

[Saffy]

If you stuck Bear Grills and Ray Mears on a desert island for a year when you came to pick them up you would just find a slightly fatter Mears with a guilty look on his face, carrying a selection of bone handled tools in a suspicious looking soft skin bag.

[muppetlab]

If you stuck Bear Grills and Ray Mears on a desert island for a year when you came to pick them up you would just find a slightly fatter Mears with a guilty look on his face, carrying a selection of bone handled tools in a suspicious looking soft skin bag.

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
nice!

[spud the king]

i have worked with Rey mears and i can say that when he gos out  he dos not go back at night  with the camer crew  and most things he dos on the show he dos him self  and learns from the natives off that area  and dos give it all , if he cant do it first time he will keep going to hes gets it right  and i can safety say he dos know his stuff ,      but everyone has there opinion

[william127]

ray mears is obviously better at survivial as hes fatter! :)

[Tommo]

Ray Mears for the win every time. Apparently when he was a kid he used to camp out 300 nights a year.

Did you ever see the episode where he couldnt light a fire by rubbing sticks between his hands? Apparently it was a proper crap type of wood but he was determined to do it. He took all the skin off the palms of his hands rubbing the sticks, eventually he drilled right through the wood but still no fire. I laughed until I saw his hands, he must have really really wanted to start that fire.

Grills is just the usualy army nutcase, has no morals etc etc lol.

[william127]

the best ray mears episode iv seen was when he went to the amazon and taught the native people how to light a fire by friction as they had lost the skills because of lighters and matches.

[Disco Matt]

err none of them are harder than Chuck Norris...

Or Gene Hunt...

[POTASH]

desperate dan for me,  every time :D

[Xtremeteam]

err none of them are harder than Chuck Norris...